Canada Trudeau's 'Bollywood' wardrobe amuses India

12:31 22 february 2018

12:31 22 february 2018 Source:
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Trudeau family arrives in India for state visit

Trudeau family arrives in India for state visitThe family, including wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and kids Xavier, 10, Ella-Grace, 9, and Hadrien, 3, emerged from the plane and delivered a traditional Indian welcome greeting, with their hands clasped together and their heads slightly bowed, to the delight of officials and Indian media waiting on the ground.

Mr Trudeau arrived for his first official visit to India on 17 February and has been jet-setting around the country to take part in what appears The outfits stood out all the more because the Bollywood stars around him - who should perhaps take the blame for his wardrobe decisions - were in sober black suits.

The outfits stood out all the more because the Bollywood stars around him - who should perhaps take the blame for his wardrobe decisions - were in sober black suits. Justin Trudeau in India : Is the Canadian PM being cold-shouldered?

Justin Trudeau is certainly no stranger to Indian wear - he has regularly worn it during official celebrations of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which is one of the most important events on the religious calendar. And as his picture from last year's festival shows, he certainly does not shy away from donning some true Bollywood-style bling.

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While there were a few comments about the elaborate silver motif on his traditional black sherwani at the time, these have absolutely paled in comparison to the reaction he has been getting in India over the past few days.

Mr Trudeau arrived for his first official visit to India on 17 February and has been jet-setting around the country to take part in what appears to be a series of photo ops cunningly designed to showcase his family's elaborate traditional wardrobe.

The trip, which has just one day of official engagements despite being a full week in duration, has raised eyebrows in Canada with Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre wishing him "another wonderful vacation."

“It’s a little over the top,” said Vivek Dehejia, economics professor at Carleton University, about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ' s traditional Indian wardrobe . Also FYI we Indians don’t dress like this every day sir, not even in Bollywood . pic.twitter.com/xqAqfPnRoZ.

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But Indians are sitting up and taking notice for an entirely different reason. And that is the fact that his outfits have just been so...extra.

The Canadian first family has worn traditional Indian outfits no less than three times on their trip so far.

The first time was while they visited the Sabarmati ashram, the residence of Mahatma Gandhi in the western state of Gujarat. The family, wearing colourful casual kurta shirts and garlands of flowers around their necks, posed in front of a traditional spinning wheel before visiting the Akshardam temple where they posed some more with bemused Indian trustees.

Indian media published pictures of the family, commenting on their "festive" and "resplendent" traditional attire with headlines like "Trudeau's day out".

They wore more sober but no less elaborate outfits when they visited the Golden Temple, one of the holiest shrines for Sikhs, located in the northern state of Punjab. Mr Trudeau wore a white sherwani with gold thread work, while the rest of his family also had a strong gold theme running through their clothes.

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This one was an absolute shocker because Shamita went commando to a Bollywood party. This happened when Didi Shilpa was doing her stint at the Big Brother house. Connect with mtv india . Love what we do? Be the first one to see it!

That Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemingly has an affinity for Indian ethnic wear is well known. One of the sharpest dressed political figures in the world, Trudeau and his family have already gone ethnic with bright kurtas during the ongoing India visit

At this point, some people were beginning to notice a trend and were not quite sure it all worked, including the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah.

https://twitter.com/OmarAbdullah/status/966218016286441472

But Mr Trudeau was by no means done.

His family met several Bollywood stars in the western city of Mumbai and he wore an elaborate and heavily worked sherwani, more in tune with what a bridegroom would wear...in a Bollywood film. His wife wore an embroidered sari and his children were also decked out in what can only be described as Indian wedding wear.

The outfits stood out all the more because the Bollywood stars around him - who should perhaps take the blame for his wardrobe decisions - were in sober black suits.

And social media just could not stand by in polite silence anymore:

https://twitter.com/DilliDurAst/status/966413246277267456

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Tweeting about his meet, Trudeau wrote, “Tonight, we celebrated stronger ties & new co-production opportunities between Bollywood and the Canadian Film Industry. It was Trudeau ' s first visit to India since taking office in 2015.

Even the media headlines considerably changed tone from "resplendent and festive" to "too flashy even for an Indian".

So far, Mr Trudeau has seemed unfazed by the slew of criticism that has dogged his Indian trip. His office has denied that he is being "snubbed" by the Indian government, and they have brushed off accusations that he is on a "holiday" at state expense.

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